Cotton-sack holder



(No Model.)

J. B. ROBINSON.

COTTON SACK HOLDER.

No. 306,863. Patented Oct. 21, 1884.

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NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

JOHN B. nonmson, or nnnsnnn, TEXAS.

COTTON-SACK HOLDER.

EPECH'ICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 306,863, dated October 21, 1884.

Application filed May 20, 1884. (N model.)

To (0Z5 whom, it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN BELL ROBINSON, of Dresden, in the county of Navarro and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Cotton-Sack Holder, of which the following is a full. clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive device for holding sacks or receptacles upon pickers of cotton or other to plants or l'ruits, which will distribute the weight of the 'sack and contents over the body of the picker and enable him to work more easily and quickly.

The invention consists in special construe t5 tions and combinations of parts oftheholder,

all as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

ltei'erence'is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, and in which the figure is a perspective view of my improved cotton-sack holder.

The letter A indicates a belt adapted to be fastened around the waist of the picker by a strap and buckle, a a, at the ends of the belt.

B B are a couple of eyes, which maybe fixed in the belt A in any suitable manner. I

prefer to fasten these ey es into separate straps or plates 0 G, and to rivet the plates to the belt A, as shown, which gives a more substantial connection of the eyes B to the belt A than fixing them directly to the belt would at ford. The eyes B B receive the hook ends (1 (l of an open hoop or ring, D, to which the cotton sack or receptacle E is held by straps and buckles e a, respectively, fixed to the sack at points around the outer portion of its mouth and by a strap, f, and bucklef, fixed, respectively, to the belt A and to the sack. This connection of the sack permits it to easily be removed when filled and replaced by an empty sack without removing the hoop D from the belt A. The hoopDis made preferably ot' a bent metal rod or bar of suitable thickness, and has side eyes or loops, d d,

through which the side sack-fastening straps, 5 0, may be passed, as shown.

level and with the mouth of the attached sack fully open to receive the picked cotton. The

straps G G pass from the eyes d d, and areof proper length, when fastened to the belt Aby the bucklesg. to sustain the greater portion of the weight of the sack E and its contents from the pickers shoulders, while the belt A is fastened around the piokers waist. The suspender-straps G G may be crossed either at the front or back of the picker, as desired.

I propose to attach the ends gof thestraps G to the eyes d of hoop D by snap-hooks H of any approved construction; but any ordinary hook or buckle attachment may be employed.

My improved sack-holder may, of course, be used with like advantage in picking any sort of growing fibrous or vegetable plants or fruits.

The receptacle E may be made of any desired size or materia.

By the use of my improved sack holder the weight of the sack and contents is taken on the shoulders, waist, and body of the picker, and the weight is so distributed or equalized that the picker may do more and better work in a given time. and do it more easily, than is possible either with a loose basket or with a sack held to the pickers body in other ways.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination, in a sack-holder, of'a waist-belt, A, having eyes B, a hoop, D, pro vided with book ends, (1, to enterthe eyes, and shoulder-straps G, connected to the belt and hoop. substantially as shown and described.

2. Theeombiuation, with the belt A, having eyes B, of the sack-holding hoop D, having books (I, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with the belt A and hoop D, of the straps and buckles e ef, secured to the sack, and the strap f, secured to the belt, substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination, with the belt A and hoop D, having eyes d, of the shoulder-straps G, buckled to the belt A at g, and the snaphooks H, substantially as shown and described.

JOHN B. ROBINSON.

Witnesses:

- A. H. BLAIR,

S. B. ROBINsON. 

